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19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Rocambole

This prehistoric looking plant was captured with its bursting bulb of blue cloves that produce small purple flowers reaching up to the sky. The square crop frame gives the impression of a journey from the single planted stem to the tendrilled small purple flowers emerging from its bulb.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Bakewell, United Kingdom
Copyright: © Ann Petruckevitch